Bao Xiang Ru Lai Leaves

"What are you doing?"

Yang Ning gave him the same expression as an air conditioner repairman. "Huh?"

"Oh, spiritual practice!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai nodded, then asked, "Why do you need to practice?"

Yang Ning said speechlessly, "Master, as the head of a sect, are you really that idle? Doesn't Buddhism have any important things to do?"

"Finding the next supreme ruler for my Buddhist sect is the most important thing for this humble monk right now!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai nodded and smiled.

Yang Ning was speechless and asked, "Why me of all people?"

"At your age, how many people in the world can achieve what you have?" Bao Xiang Ru Lai laughed, "Don't underestimate yourself, benefactor!"

Yang Ning was speechless. You say I'm handsome? Well, I think there are many people who are more handsome than me.

But if you say I have great achievements, then there's really no way to refute that.

"But I'm not interested in your Buddhist sect!" Yang Ning spread his hands. "Let's be frank, okay? Please don't come looking for me again!"

"This humble monk is puzzled. Does the benefactor have any objections or prejudices against Buddhism?" asked the Bao Xiang Ru Lai. "Our Buddhist sect possesses boundless Divine Ability and limitless Law Power. As long as you are willing to come, all of these will be yours in the future!"

Yang Ning remained silent; to be honest, he was quite tempted.

Becoming a monk is one thing, becoming a Buddha is quite another.

The reason they were unwilling was because they harbored deep resentment towards Buddhism in their past lives.

Of course, he didn't know much about Buddhism in his previous life either, mainly because he had read too many Primordial World novels, where the guides and thieves were usually portrayed as villains.

Having read too many books like this, one naturally can't feel any goodwill towards Buddhism.

However, he is no longer the same person he was when he first read the novel. Now that he has matured, when he looks back at the Primordial World fantasy novels, the Western duo of Jieyin Zhunti have become more inspiring.

So, what is the real reason I dislike Buddhism?

It's faith!

That's right, I'm a materialist. Even in the world of cultivation, Spiritual Qi and cultivation are objective things that can still be studied within the framework of natural science.

A materialist would naturally not believe in any particular deity, such as Buddha.

However, entering the Buddhist order carries the risk of being corrupted by one's faith.

Take, for example, the Great Salvation Technique.

I can help others.

You can't save me!

"I'd like to ask, does joining Buddhism require believing in a particular Buddha and wholeheartedly making offerings to him?" Yang Ning asked.

"No need!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai astonishment, "Why would you think that?"

"But your Great Salvation Technique requires the salvation of all beings before one can cultivate it, right?" Yang Ning asked.

"We are converting the most wicked and evil people. In doing so, we can gain merit while punishing evil and promoting good!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai. "If you convert normal people, you will become the most wicked and evil person yourself, and you will have fallen into the demonic path!"

Yang Ning nodded; he probably wasn't lying.

After all, Buddhism also has a [Great Merit Technique], which should be used in conjunction with this [Great Salvation Technique].

Just as the four Divine Ability of [Great Celestial Phenomenon Art, Great Destiny Technique, Great Dragon Physiognomy, and Great Supreme Art] are very powerful when used in combination, the Divine Ability of Buddhism should also be systematic.

"Then I need to shave my head and eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures every day?" Yang Ning asked again. "Or build a temple, become an elder or something, or perhaps you placed these scriptures on a certain planet and I have to travel to eighty-one planets to retrieve them?"

The Bao Xiang Ru Lai shook his head. "Eating vegetarian food, worshipping Buddha, and building temples are practices for ordinary people and the most foolish. You, benefactor, are exceptionally talented and naturally have no need for such things!"

Just like nine years of compulsory education, three years of high school, and four years of university, these are the processes that ordinary people need to go through.

Those super geniuses are selected for gifted programs as early as seven or eight years old, and graduate from university and start participating in research projects in their teens.

Yang Ning nodded and asked, "Then I'll become your disciple now, and you'll pass on your Divine Ability to me?"

"How can the Buddhist sect accept disciples so casually?" Bao Xiang Ru Lai shook his head. "You shall leave with me now. I will pray to the sages, then send down the Dharma tokens to the Four Stars and Eight Regions, and convene the Bao Xiang Dharma Assembly. I will introduce you to everyone at the assembly. Only then will your apprenticeship be considered complete!"

That's absolutely right. He's a big shot; how could he just casually kowtow in some remote mountain village to become a disciple?

"Won't it be a lot of trouble?" Yang Ning asked.

"No trouble at all, the process can be completed in three to five hundred years!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai a smile.

Yang Ning was speechless. Three to five hundred years?

I haven't even been born for thirty years!

"Could you please inform them of this matter first, and then I can make my appearance after the process has been completed in three to five hundred years?" Yang Ning asked.

"What urgent matter do you have to attend to?" Bao Xiang Ru Lai curiosity, then surprise, "You don't really intend to overthrow Taiheng Sect, do you?"

"That's not called overthrowing, it's just rebuilding!" Yang Ning replied. "Isn't Buddhism about the equality of all beings? But Hengming can't achieve equality for all beings. My actions are still considered as practicing the doctrine. Shouldn't you help me?"

The Bao Xiang Ru Lai silent.

The so-called equality of all beings is just propaganda used to recruit followers and disciples.

Can ordinary novice monks and monks who cook be treated as equals?

Can a monk who cooks be treated as an equal to a monk who teaches martial arts?

Can a monk who teaches martial arts and the abbot be treated equally?

Can ordinary monks and monks who are practicing asceticism be considered equal?

"I'm not trying to undermine your confidence, but do you really think you can do it?" Bao Xiang Ru Lai asked. "Even if Senior Hengming is on your side, what about Taiheng's strength?" After thinking for a moment, Bao Xiang Ru Lai said, "Perhaps you've been misled by the Eastern Victory War a thousand years ago, thinking Taiheng is nothing special. But you must know that war back then was less a war between the Taiheng Sect and Tianyi Sect, and more a war between the Tianyi Sect, allied with the Sun Sect, and the Wang Family clan of the Taiheng Sect!"

Yang Ning was stunned. "Wait, didn't this battle solidify the reputation of the Tianyi Sect as the number one sect in Taiheng? Didn't Taiheng lose?!"

Bao Xiang Ru Lai was taken aback. "Tianyi Sect, the number one sect?"

"Isn't that so?" Yang Ning asked, "But this is a consensus in the Taiheng Realm, and the Taiheng Sect also agrees with this statement. The Taiheng Sect cultivates the Great Destiny Technique; if they weren't truly unable to defeat the enemy, they wouldn't sit idly by and let such rumors spread!"

"Hahaha!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai burst into wild laughter.

"Uh, Master."

"Sorry, I've been rigorously trained; no matter how funny it is, I shouldn't laugh!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai his hand. "Um, help me up, my stomach hurts."

Yang Ning was speechless. "No, are you really the Supreme Being of Buddhism?"

"Didn't I say that rules and regulations are only for restraining fools? Geniuses like us should naturally act according to our own nature!" The Bao Xiang Ru Lai Precious Appearance waved his hand dismissively. "Of course, you can't do that in front of those monks; they're very strict. I usually deal with them using my Dharma body. You have the ability to create clones, so you can do that too!"

Yang Ning nodded, but he didn't know Bao Xiang Ru Lai had truly revealed his true nature or was deliberately disguising his personality in order to get closer to him.

However, he felt it should be the former, since a rigid and dogmatic person is unlikely to go very far on the path of cultivation.

The notions of aloofness, authority, and domineering are merely the imaginations of ordinary people about those in high positions.

The fact that Taiheng was still the de facto number one in Taiheng surprised Yang Ning, but after calming down, he felt that this statement would not affect him much.

Whether you're first or second, I'm going to fuck you!

Being number one is even better, it's more challenging!

Seeing the change in Yang Ning's expression, Bao Xiang Ru Lai said nothing, not even a few lives.

He actually understands Yang Ning very well.

People who can hold high positions in the economy may be doing so because they are in the right place at the right time, or simply because they are lucky, or because they have powerful figures supporting them.

But spiritual practice is different.

If you're just lucky or have connections, you won't go far on the path of spiritual cultivation.

After all, in terms of backing, no one can compare to the twenty clans of Taiheng, but these twenty clans haven't produced an immortal for 150,000 years.

Those who can cultivate themselves to the very end of the mortal realm must be people of utmost truth and purity.

Such people are stubborn, determined, and somewhat idealistic in their speech and behavior.

He didn't know why having this trait allowed one to cultivate to the peak, but most of the cultivators he had seen at the eighth or ninth level of the Spiritual Law Realm possessed this trait.

And Yang Ning, standing before him, was also one!

I'd like to see how you plan to overthrow Taiheng Sect.

"It seems you've made up your mind. In that case, it seems this humble monk and you are destined to have no master-disciple relationship!" Bao Xiang Ru Lai shook his head and said, "However, this humble monk will no longer interfere with your actions. You can send another avatar to the Buddhist sect to learn!"

He patted Yang Ning on the shoulder and said, "This humble monk wishes you success in advance!"

"Huh?" Yang Ning was completely dumbfounded as he watched the Bao Xiang Ru Lai Baoxiang disappear without a trace, just like when he arrived.

Wait, how come we suddenly lost our connection?

Let's talk again!

I was just being reserved!